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The Highest Point In Afro-American Journalism Was Reached by the Twelfth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax One Hundred Copies Sent to the Hon. J. B. Foraker The Highest Po Afro-Ameri Was Reached Anniversary The Br One Hundred Co Hon. J. B It is freely admitted by all those who make the slightest pretentions of knowing anything about the true and the beautiful, and who are able to appreciate artistic work, that "the highest point in Afro-American Journalism, was reached by The Twelfth Anniversary Edition of The Broad ax." On all sides those who set themselves up as first-class critics, excepting a few "soreheads," who were turned down good and hard, because they could not come clean. Join in saying that "it was a thing of beauty and a joy forever; that the many cuts which illustrated its eight pages represented the best or the highest type of Afro-American men and women in this city; that each and every person stood for something; that all of them except one or two were property holders and taxpayers." This was absolutely true, for we had no room in its columns for tin-horn sports, nor dishonest characters or professional crooks. This so-called highly respectable class of would-be eminent citizens are welcome to run their cuts in the other transitory Colored newspapers in this city whose editors are ever ready to soft soap and white-wash anyone who may happen to fall into their nets, for a few dimes, but this class of individuals can never break, nor butt into the Anniversary Editions of The Broad Ax. Many people have exclaimed in our presence within the past week that "they have never bened as fine cuts, as those that appeared in the Twelfth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax, for their benefit we will state that the majority of the cuts appearing in its columns, were made according to our instructions by the Le Beau Engraving Company, 200 South Clinton st., who have made cuts for us for the past seven years, and they are the best and finest in their line of business in Chicago. The paper for the Twelfth Anniversary Edifion of The Broad Ax, was furnished by the Empire Paper Company, 70-72-74 Sherman street, it is known to the trade as American half tone, and it costs five cents a pound or five dollars a ream, one hundred pounds to the ream and we must cough up quite a wad of money to pay for the several reams of the very finest paper used by us on that occasion. The mechanical work of the Twelfth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax, was performed by Linden Brothers, Printers, Binders and Linotype Compositors, 114 Sherman Street, who were instructed by the writer to spare no pains, in turning out a first-class job, and in every respect the work speaks for itself, for no printing firm in this city could improve on it in any way, for it cannot be excelled. Messrs. J. M. Diven, J. F. O'Brien and Antonio Solari, three dandy linotype compositors, handled all the copy and they set and corrected almost one hundred thousand ems, and Edward Elm and Paul Kjelstrom, put in the corrections, while the proof reading was done by the editor, and we came near reading ourself blind, in order to get the matter correct or free from errors. M. S. Oden, who is one of the most expert "make-up" men in this country, made up the forms, and the arti- cles and cuts could not have been arranged any better, and after spending much time, the first section was turned over to the night pressman at 12 o'clock, Hugo Twining, who performed his part of the work in a first-class manner, and labored on them until eight o'clock Saturday morning, then Mr. John Gustafson, who runs the big press in the day time, worked as hard as anyone could work, in order to make all the cuts and the reading matter show up in good shape, and for turning out first-class work he cannot be beat by any of the pressmen in Chicago. As the Twelfth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax, came from the press, it was got in shape for mailing by Miss Nellie Frawley, and her three assistants, Miss Kittle Sweeney, Miss Jennie Mulrey and Miss Bessie Roubik, and they handled it with the greatest of care, so as to keep it nice and clean, and after it had been stamped by the mailing machine which was skillfully operated by Mr. Edward S. Linden, there was nothing to it, but the shouting and from early on Friday morning until late on Saturday evening, Mr. John Westin, the up-to-date foreman, assisted the editor in doing the bossing and in standing around and looking wise. To say the least the many readers of The Broad Ax, were more than surprised when they received their paper early Monday morning, as it was announced in its issue of December 21, for no blowing had been indulged in, in these columns in relation to the Twelfth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax. Like several of our so-called competitors whose alleged editors puffed and blowed in the columns of their publications for over two months as to what they intended to do in the way of getting out Christmas numbers of their papers, but when the time arrived for action they utterly failed to bring forth anything, for the Twelfth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax, contained more cuts and write ups of men and women, who stand for something, and run more original matter, and advertisements than all the other Afro-American newspapers which could be thrown together in this city, and we feel doubly proud in this respect, for we have clipped the wings of all the Colored newspaper boys and all of them in and around Chicago, are forced to go away back and sit down and do less blowing in the future. So far over five hundred copies of the Twelfth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax, have been sent to all parts of the country by its friends, one hundred copies were sent to Hon. J. B. Foraker, Washington, D. C., who at our request forwarded his cut, and stated in a letter written by his own hand, that "he deemed it an honor to have his cut in the Twelfth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax, and at the same time ordering one hundred copies of the paper, and yet there are many brainless Negroes who claim that little "Nigger" newspaper do not amount to anything, that no one reads them and so on. Mr. Adolph Harris, the popular ex-President of the Appomattox Club, has gone into the real estate business with J. Binaz & Co., 3637 State st. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, JANUARY 4, 1908. MAN WHO WANTS FORA-KER. To The Indianapolis Star: At last a name is announced for the Republican nomination for president that means something. Capt. Joseph Benson Foraker represents the Republicanism of Abraham Lincoln. Others seem to be trimming their sails to hasten into port if the wind blows enough to produce a little froth on the surface. This arrogant, personal administration has been leading the Republican party away from its former moorings and traditions and the place hunters and place holders have been baying their amens like hounds on a drag chase. Others have doubtless felt that this is wrong, but Foraker alone has not only felt, but acted. forth by that convention to oppose Douglas for the Senate. There he made that short, concise speech known in that day as "the house divided against itself speech." The New York Tribune at that time had more influence in Illinois than all the Republican papers then published in that state, and it at first advised against opposing Douglas and during the entire campaign was silent as to Lincoln. It published the joint debates only. The great Lincoln meetings were generally unnoticed by the New York Tribune. At the first joint debate at Freeport, Douglas carried the applause of the great meeting, but from that time on Lincoln gained and by the end of the campaign every Republican in the state was in line and He has met and defied this autocrat who dictates laws, policies and decisions; who calls off army practice marches through Georgia, because Georgia rebels object to it; who arbitrarily discharges without honor, for a crime they did not commit, the Negro soldiers of Fort Brown, Texas, because Southern white rebels demand it; who at a meeting to honor Robert E. Lee, lauds him as a patriot, hero, and what not, for no particular merit than that of having led the rebel armies; let him now be called to speak at the laying of the corner stone of the monument to Wirz. Doubtless his speech will please the promoters. The Southern Democrats want a Southern man for President. Let them take the present incumbent. Who can suit them better? Bryan thinks Roosevelt a pretty good Democrat. I think Bryan a better Republican than Roosevelt. In 1858 it was the party policy of the Republicans to support the Douglas Democrats tacitly because they opposed Buchanan's attempt to admit Kansas with the Le Compton constitution. Abraham Lincoln did not favor that move. The Republican politicians generally favored allowing Douglas to return to the United States Senate, as a rebuke to Buchanan. Lincoln regarded it as paying very dearly for very little real value. As it was not advisable to abandon the Republican organization entirely in Illinois the politicians said "sub rosa. Let Abe have this empty race. It will discharge our party obligations to him and lay him on the shelf out of our way hereafter." The state convention at Springfield had only 500 delegates where usually 1,000 attended. Lincoln was put forth by that convention to oppose Douglas for the Senate. There he made that short, concise speech known in that day as "the house divided against itself speech." The New York Tribune at that time had more influence in Illinois than all the Republican papers then published in that state, and it at first advised against opposing Douglas, and during the entire campaign was silent as to Lincoln. It published the joint debates only. The great Lincoln meetings were generally unnoticed by the New York Tribune. At the first joint debate at Freeport, Douglas carried the applause of the great meeting, but from that time on Lincoln gained and by the end of the campaign every Republican in the state was in line and a considerable number of Democrats were converted to Lincoln's views. Lincoln carried the popular vote of the state by over 5,000, but a gerrymandered Legislature returned Douglas to the Senate. From that time Douglas went down and Lincoln went up Will history repeat itself? It of ten has, and let us hope it may be about to do so again. Foraker today, like David with his sling has stepped out alone with all the apparent odds against him and met the giant, more troubles than Goliath, because in our own ranks. The people, in their private capacity, can not often call out a leader, but they very quickly discover one when he shows himself. The seed Foraker is now sowing may not grow in time for the coming harvest, but it will grow and the ultimate reaping will go to his credit. Who ever stands firmly and bravely for the right succeeds even in failure. A Pharaoh came to the throne who knew not Joseph. A Republican party has grown up that knows not Lincoln, but Joseph Benson Foraker will teach it. For several presidential campaigns the Republican party ran on its glory of having subdued the great rebellion, reconstructed the rebel states, freed and enfranchised the Negro. Now it stands ashamed of its record. Yet it was the best—the only thing that could be done then. The rebels, reconstructed under protest and aided by Andrew Johnson, made necessary the conditions they now so loudly complain of. They compelled us to choose a bad alternative or a worse one. They have deserved all they have suffered by the reconstruction measures. Many Republicans are disposed to acqui- (Continued on page 2.) CITY OVERRUN WITH IDLE Police Stations, Saloons, and Missions Thronged at Night-Condition Like Middle '90s-Charitable Organizations Face Worst Situation in Nine Years. Free Soup Houses Running at Full Blast In New York City Police officials, charitable workers, and lodging house keepers are face to face this winter with the problem of housing an army of idle men, beggars, hobos, tramps, and criminals, such as has not been seen in Chicago before in nine years. The number of unemployed wandering the streets of Chicago is estimated by men who for years have been living and working among these men, as close to 75,000. This is an increase of 30,000 or 40,000 over the ordinary winter contingent. "Some had clearing house checks on other cities when they came in. The barrel house men took the checks and gave them about half what they called for. Now the men are "broke." They usually work until Christmas and save up enough money to keep them the rest of the winter, but now I don't know what they will do. When we take them off the street we lessen the chance of crime, for the men may be driven into it if something does For the first time in several winters the police stations in the districts where the unemployed gather have been forced to turn over their basements as a shelter for the hundreds of men who apply for help. On the cold nights the scenes in the Desplaines street, West Lake street, Harrison street, Chicago avenue, and Maxwell street stations are similar to those of the winters of the middle '90s. On warm nights large numbers of men walk the streets without a nickel in their pockets for food or lodging. Hundreds Sleep on Floor. The municipal lodging house at 10 North Union street for the first time in its history has found it necessary to suspend rules and allow men to sleep on the floor. More than 200 men a night may be found stretched in rows along the corridors of the city lodging house. At least 200 more are able to get beds. The same men apply night after night, Supt. Mullenback stated, and the number is increasing week, after week. Few of these men have been able to secure work. The number of applications for men to work turned in at the municipal lodging house has dwindled almost to nothing. The city intends to open on Jan. 1, an annex to this lodging house big enough to accommodate, in conjunction with the old building, 1,000 men a night. This will help in part to solve the problem that the police now are forced to take in hand. The municipal lodging houses closes its doors at 10 o'clock, and it is the men thrown out of the saloons and "barrel houses" after this hour that the police have to take care of in that district. Health Regulations ignored. The lodging houses of West Madison and St.te streets are breaking all the city regulations in regard to breathing space for lodgers. The city authorities are inclined to be lenient because the situation is acute, and some place must be provided for the men able to pay the small price demanded by these lodging houses. The men are sleeping in hallways or in rooms containing three or four beds. The bridewell is filled to overcrowding. Reports from men who have been turned out of this prison to make room for criminals of a harder class are that the prisoners are sleeping two in a cell. The almshouse and other institutions at Dunning also are crowded. At "Hogan's Flop," in Meridian alley, where the lowest of the tramps and hobos and unemployed go, the conditions are the most crowded in ten years. The doors are closed early because all the bunks are filled. Saloons and Mission Crowded. "We have to crowd them because they must have some place to sleep," said "ED" Hogan, the manager of the "flop." "The trouble is that the railroads all over the country have been laying off men and shipping them into Chicago free. IN WITH IDLE aloons, and Missions Night—Condition Like charitable Organizations ation in Nine Years. Running at Full Blast York City "Some had clearing house checks on other cities when they came in. The barrel house men took the checks and gave them about half what they called for. Now the men are "broke." They usually work until Christmas and save up enough money to keep them the rest of the winter, but now I don't know what they will do. When we take them off the street we lessen the chance of crime, for the men may be driven into it if something does not happen. "I have sent five to the almshouse this week, and one man died in the doorway. That is a pretty bad record for one week, for we usually manage to take care of the men whether they have money or not." Along "Labor Row" on Canal street the index to the situation is seen plainly. Yesterday afternoon there were only two positions offered to the men who applied. These are a coal mining job and winter work in the south on the Big Four railroad. In ordinary times the bulletin boards are plastered with railroad, farm, and construction jobs in all parts of the country, and the men pick their locations and get free passes. Shipped in by Railroads. The saloons along this row are crowded to the doors with groups of die men. The missions, such as the Olive Branch, the City Mission, the West Side Rescue mission, and the quarters of the Salvation army and the Volunteers of America, are taking care of many of these men. The floor of some of the missions are given over after the meetings to the sleepers.-The Chicago Tribune December 29. Similar conditions prevail in all the large cities and throughout the country, as exists here in Chicago, respecting so much distress among the laboring classes, and in New York City alone, there are more than one hundred thousand idle men, roaming the streets of that city, living on charity and feeding at free "souphouses," and to think that these frightful conditions, have sprang up and are existing under a Republican administration. In 1893 the Democrats were held responsible for the existence of free "souphouses," and it is right and proper to hold the Republican administration responsible at the present time. NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION AT THE APPROTATTOX CLUB. Among the many receptions held on New Year's Day, none of them were as brilliant as the one held at the Appomattox Club, and the following ladies who looked ever so charming assisted to receive the many members and friends of the club. Mrs. A. C. Harris, Mrs. William Emanuel, Mrs. M. C. Cowan; Mrs. John R. Marshall, Mrs. J. H. Johnson, Mrs. B. F. Moseley, Mrs. R. A. Howard, Mrs. Frank Brown, Mrs. F. A. Denison, Mrs. Chas. Jordan, Mrs. J. H. Bolden, Mrs. Jas. Woodward, Mrs. J. T. Morton, Miss Essie Arnold, Miss Marle Burton, received from 2 to 6 after which a banquet was served by the Club's stewart, Mr. Ball to the ladies and Club members. Dr. A. A. Wesley, 3100 State st., spent a few days in the southern part of the state Xmas week. THE BROAD AX. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, Episcopal, Indelible, Farmers, Single, Treasurer, Republicans, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have their say, and as such their language is proper and responsibility is Exed. The Broad AX is a newspaper whose platform is enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. Year.....$2.00 Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 420 Armour Avenue, Chicago. BELLIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, M., as Second-class Matter. BROWNSVILLE RAID IN COURT. Former Negro Soldier Sues to Test Power of President. WHITE MEN HIS BACKERS. Petitioner Says He Knew Nothin of Affair, Yet Was Discharged. New York (Special.)—A' suit to test the right of the president to discharge the Negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth infantry for their alleged connection with the Brownsville raid was begun in the United States District Court in this city today. The expectation is that as a result of the suit the president's action will be put squarely up to the United States Supreme Court. The suit was brought under the so-called Tucker act, which, in the memory of those around the federal courts here, has been invoked only in two instances, although the law was passed in 1887. The novelty of it lies in the fact that it allows the United States to be made defendant, either in the United States District or Circuit Court, in the former where the amount involved is $1,000 or less, and in the latter where it is more than $1,000, and not more than $10,000. Claims $122 Pay Is Due. Oscar W. Reid, who was a private in Company G and now is a resident of this city, is the plaintiff in the action which was brought to recover from the defendant, the United States, the sum of $122.20, which Reid contends is due him as pay from the government since his dismissal, on the ground that his dismissal was illegal. The lawyers bringing the suit for Reid are Ward, Mellen & Woodbridge, 32 Nassau street. In a statement given out today it was announced the firm had been retained "by certain gentlemen in New England who believe in the equal rights of all before the law and that every man is entitled to his day in court." "These gentlemen," the statement went on in explanation, "believe the discharge of these men from the service of the United States in absence of any decision by any court martial or civil court that any of their number participated in the disturbance was wholly unjustifiable and violated the rights secured to these men by both the constitution and the laws of the United States. The gentlemen who have authorized this suit believe the question involved of greatest importance to every enlisted man in the United States army. Names of Backers Withheld. The names of the men behind the suit were withheld. A representative of the firm said: "They are men of wealth and standing, but are doing this as private individuals, not as representatives of any constitutional society. The matter came up in the coruse of casual conversation, and it then was decided to bring the suit." In the petition Reid asserts he is wholly guiltless, was in his quarters at the time, and that before the shooting had ceased he was present and answered his name at roll call. He declares he has no knowledge of the affair.—The Chicago Tribune, Dec. 27. Massmeeting in Mobile Adopts Resolutions of Allegiance to Ohioan for the Presidency. Mobile, Ala.; Jan. 1.—(Special.) —Ten thousand Negroes today pledged their allegiance to the Taft presidential movement because of the fact that Third Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock has joined the Ohio- an's camp. They also denounced an alleged effort to revive the "lily white" movement. These Negroes for Foraker. Topeka, Kas., Jan. I.—At a meeting of Negroes from all over Kansas today, primarily to celebrate emancipation day, a resolution was passed commending Senator J. B. Foraker and pledging support to his "aspirations, whatever they may be," and calling on the Negroes of the south to join in supporting him. The Colored men of Alabama, being the tools of Booker T. Washington, are not responsible for making monkeys of themselves by endorsing Wm. H. Taft for president, for they and Booker T. Washington are dead willing to play the part of "Niggers" because they have been instructed to do so by some "Nigger" hating white gentleman. THE CHRISTIAN CATHOLIC APOSTALIC CHURCH 2065 Dearborn St. Rev. Geo. W. Slater, Jr., General Overseer. Despite the inclement weather there was a good attendance all day last Sunday, especially at the 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. meetings. The all night watch meeting was largely attended. The spiritual fervor, the Christian sociability, and practical teaching of this church was the favorable comment of the friends and strangers present. Next Lord's Day, Jan. 5, the regular preaching services at 10:45 a. m. At 2:30 p. m. Rev. Slater will continue his sermon on "Jesus, the Christ." At 7:30 p. m. Evangelistic services. Each Thursday at 2:30 and 8 p. m. there are Divine Healing meetings. Friday night at 8 o'clock. Jan. 10th, there will be a Citizens' Rally at this church to consider plans of forming a Renters' League to protect the renters from extortion. S. RENTERS. ATTENTION! A mass meeting of all Renters will be held next Friday-night at 8 o'clock at the Old St. Thomas Episcopal church, 2065 Dearborn street, to consider plans of reducing your rents. Every renter should be present. INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH NOTES Sunday services: The week of prayer will begin Sunday, Jan. 5. There will be a union service under the auspices of the Ministerial alliance beginning Jan. 13, and will continue for two weeks. The pastor and members of all churches will be present and assist with the meetings. There will be noon-day prayer meetings lasting an hour every day, conducted by one of the city pastors. The Ministerial Alliance has agreed upon this plan in order to arouse a deeper spiritual interest in the city of Chicago. From six to ten weeks' campaign—the first two weeks at the Institutional church, the second two weeks at Bethel and the next two weeks at Quinn Chapel. During this campaign one may join any church they desire. This movement ought to meet the approval of all the Christians of the city. The millinery class will open Monday, Jan. 6. There will be a free class for girls from 9 to 14 years of age Fridays from 4 to 5 p. m. Class for adults Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1 to 5 p. m. S. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON GETS MASONIC DEGREES. Conferred by Prince Hall Grand Lodge In Special Session. Boston, Mass., Special—The degrees in Free Masonry were conferred on Booker T. Washington, by William Lloyd Marshall, Grand Master of Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of Massachusetts last week, at the Masonic hall in Tremont street. The work was performed in a lodge specially convened for that purpose and constitutes a very unique departure, as only men of mark are selected for this honor, which can only be conferred by the grand master. H. C. Binford, grand master of Alabama, in whose jurisdiction Dr. Washington resides, gave his official sanction to the granting of the degrees, and sent a letter of congratulation. Booker T. Washington, being of Royal blood, he demanded a specially convened lodge, and a special dispensation, before he would consent to become a mason, and in this connection it might be fitting to step aside and permit the honorable John G. Jones, to pass upon the legality of the method resorted to in order to enable Prof. Washington to ride the goat, and become a high mason. AN APPEAL TO ASSIST THE NEEDY. Mrs. Moses Ratcliff, 4850 Dearborn st. who has for the past 8 years been one of the most earnest and faithful missionary workers for home and foreign work is doing all that is possible in her power and with the help of others to help the poor Colored people in their distress in the South and in this city, also in the way of clothes. She has so many calls for help and earnestly asks the help of the public at large to assist her in any way they can in the way of clothing in all forms. She has calls from those who hear of her helping others. She knows there are many who would give willingly if they knew where to give and she will be pleased to except anything and will call for anything you may have to give. She is a member of St. Mark's M. E. Church 47th and State, and one of its most faithful missionary workers. Any one desiring to assist her in mission work and help those in need will please call or write, 4850 Dearborn St., Mrs. Moses Ratcliff. N. PENTICOST CELEBRATED HIS SIXIETH BIRTHDAY. New Year's Day, N. Penticost 18 South Homan ave., who for many years, resided in Evansville, Ind. with his family, where he still owns some property, and who is a stock holder in the Black Diamond Development Company, celebrated his sixtieth birthday. Mrs. L. A. Tiderington and George W. Hall, assisted his good wife Mrs. Penticost in serving an elegant dinner, which was greatly enjoyed by Rev. D. P. Roberts, Pastor of Quinn chapel and the other fifteen invited guests. CHIPS CHIPS Mrs. F. A. Denison, 3511 Dearborn St., is confined to her home fill. Miss Prima Fitzbutler of Louisville, Ky., spent a few days in the city last week, stopped at 6510 Langley ave. Mr. Chas. Hinze of St. Paul is spending a few days in the city stopping at 3022 State st. Mr. T. Edgar Gray, 3228 Wabash ave. returned to the city after spending a month in Hot Springs. Mr. Henri Strange the clever readied with Williams & Walker will be seen at the Pekin this summer. Mr. Harry Settles, 4206 Langley ave., has been on the sick list for the past 3 weeks. Jesse Binga after a pleasant visit to Detroit returned to the city, the first of the week. Mrs. Anna Williams, 3227 Wabash ave., died in St. Luke's Hospital, Saturday, Dec. 28, 1907. Mrs. E. M. Blackwell, 3416 Vernon ave., received at her home New Year's day. Mr. J. Dickerson of New York spent the holidays in the city stopping at the Keystone Hotel. Leo Smith, 1912 Dearborn st., has been confined to her bed with pneumonia for the past 2 weeks. Cole & Johnson arrived in the city to-night and will open at the "Columbus Theater" to-morrow with their "Shoe Fly Regiment." Mr. Jesse Fry, 2018 Dearborn St. employed at the post office was caught robbing the mails, Monday night and taken to jail. Mr. Thos. Boger of Auroro, Ill. spent New Year's in the city the guest of his brother H. H. Boger 3511 Indiana ave. Maj. R. R. Jackson, was the recipient of a very beautiful and costly mandoline Xmas, from the employees of Armour Station. Friday evening January 10th, The Blind Man's Watch will be rafted off at Dunn and Height's place 5050 State St. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Green, 343 W. 47th st., entertained a small party of friends at a "dutch lunch" last Saturday evening. Miss Anna Tolbert of Salt Lake city was the honored guest at dinner New Year's day at Mr. Wm. W. Ailen's 6000 Center ave. Col. Jno. R. Marshall, Maj. P. A. Denison and Capt. John Fry of the 8th Regiment paid their respects to Gov. Deneen at Springfield, Ill., New Year's Day. Rumor has it that Mr. Noah D. Thompson who is in the east with his little son, will return about the latter part of next week with a bride. Miss Lucy Lindsay, 4110 Calumet ave., has been confined to her bed for the past week with a slight attack of tomslitis. Mr. W. R. Sobers, 5606 Lake ave., entertained a small party of his lady and gentlemen friends at "six o'clock" dinner last Sunday. Mr. Samuel W. Thompson has returned from Los Angeles, California, where he went to spend Xmas with his wife and children. J. E. Bish, R. J. Stockton, T. L. Curis and M. E. Bish, known as the "Big Four" were at home to their friends, New Year's Day, 5821 Wabash ave. B. H. Johnson, 4915 State street, "I am well pleased with the Twelfth Anniversary edition of The Broad Ax, and it far surpasses all other efforts that you have put forth in this respect." Mr. and Mrs. Moses Ratcliff, 4850 Dearborn st., entertained at dinner Christmas day. Those present were Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Stovall, Miss Batchlor, Mr. B. F. Smith, Miss Birdie Jones, Mr. F. E. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. C. Hill. Attorney Patrick H. O'Donnell, who measures up with the best lawyers in Chicago, will be associated with Col. James Hamilton Lewis, in the defense of Mrs. Dora McDonald, who will have her day in Court the first of the coming week. After undergoing an operation for a severe attack of appendicitis, Mrs. Clara Belle Barley is improving in health very rapidly and her physicians believe she will have a hasty recovery. She is still at St. Luke's Hospital where the operation was performed. Sunday evening, January 5th, the members of the True Reformers and Division Officers, under the leadership of Chief, M. T. Bailey, will attend Bethel church and listen to an annual sermon preached by Rev. A. J. Carey, and take part in the installation of new officers. Doctor W. A. Buckner, 2842 Armour ave., "The Twelfth Anniversary edition of The Broad Ax was a gem. The cuts were perfect, and true likenesses of the persons represented. The paper was of the finest quality, and everything in connection with it was more than first class. You ran all over those who have attempted to compete with you in the field of Afro-American Journalism." The school that Rev. J. J. Smallwood is establishing in Virginia is being built on the very spot where the first Negro was sold after the landing of the first slave ship at Old Jamestown. Old Bagley Hall, first built there in 1624, and used as an old slave sales-house from 1624 to 1865, is now being rebuilt by Negro skill at a cost of $7,500 and will be ready for occupancy as an institution for learning for Negroes by January 5th. Indeed, times have changed!—Ex. MAN WHO WANTS FORAKER. (Concluded from page 1.) esce in the treatment of the Negroes, still others wink at it and Roosevelt proposes to join in and help execute it.' Only Foraker has stepped into and held the pass of Thermopylae. The party had expected to make the coming campaign on the great prosperity which Democrats and Negroes helped to make as well as Republicans. But certified bank and clearing. house checks have knocked that myth into mythlessness. Roosevelt scolds the people in his message for not depositing their money in the banks for the public. good, forgetting that each man's money is his own and that he may keep it where he chooses. The only proper way to get the other fellow's money is to offer him something he is willing to take for it. He will not find it so easy to force deposits as he did to discharge black soldiers and revoke steamboat pilot licenses. Now what? proclaim again and defend the rights of man. That work is not yet complete.—John T. Campbell, La Fayette, Ind., Dec. 27, '07. MILLINERY TRAINING SCHOOL RECORD OF 1907 Events of the Year In Review. THE FINANCIAL REACTION. Miscellaneous Affairs, Games and Races, and Items of Personal and Political Interest—Losses by Ac- dents and Explosions, Fire and Storms—A Classified Summary. MISCELLANEOUS JANUARY. 2. Gen. von der Launitz, prefect of pol- ice at St. Petersburg, assassinated. 3. Gen. Vladimir Pavloff, procurator g eneral of military tribunals, assassinated at St. Petersburg. 4. Margaret Young, widow of President Brigham Young, died at Desert, Utah; aged 84. 23. Tehuanatepec National railroad, a Mexican enterprise making a short cut between the oceans, inaugurated by President Dias. FEBRUARY. 9. Lady Cadogan, a leader in the exclusive society of England, died in London. 10. Honduras declared war against Nicaragua. 11. Battle at San Marcos de Colon between Hondurans and Nicaraguans, favorable to the latter. 12. lives lost by fire in a Montreal school. MARCH. 13. French troops advanced to occupy the Moroccan town of Oudja as a step to enforce reparation for the death of Dr. Mauchamp, a French subject killed at Morocco city in January. 14. Nicaraguan forces captured Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras. 15. In a battle between troops and peasants were killed and 300 wounded. 16. Roumanian troops fired on peasants at Stanesta, killing and wounding 1,000. 7. Gen. Barillas, former president of Guatemala, assassinated in Mexico. 14. Amanda Data, well-known English dramatic writer over the pen name of Owen Hall and author of many popular comic operas, including "Florodora," died in London. 15. The Honduran forces surrendered Amanda Data, well-known Guatemana. 16. Standard Oil found guilty in rebate cases at Chicago. 17. Japan launched the Aki, the largest battleship in the world, at Tokyo. 18. Denis Kearney, who led the agitation against the Japanese in the 20 years ago, died in San Francisco; aged 60. 19. The Jamestown expedition opened by President Roosevelt. MAY. 4. The Irish International exhibition opened in Dublin. 9. Opening of the trial of William D. Haywood at Boise, Ida. JUNE. 15. 2d international peace congress opened in The Hague. 17. Merv Schmitz formally removed from office by the supervisors of San Francisco. 28. 8 killed and more than 100 wounded in a political riot at Lafaye, Portugal. JULY. 6. Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz of San Francisco sentenced to prison for 5 years. 21. Riot in Seoul, Korea, on account of the change in the ruler. 23. In Louis St. Bernard we attacked the French port of Casablanca, killing 12 foreign residents, including 6 Frenchmen. AUGUST. 8. In the United States district court at Chicago Judge Keneasaw Mountain Lands bidts the Standard Oil Company of Indiana for 292,000 dollars in acceptance railway fines in violation of law. 6. French and Spanish troops landed at Casablanca, Morocco, and, being fired upon by Moors, the French cruiser Gallice shelled the town. 9. Moors attacked Casablanca, and were driven back by the guns of the allied strike. Strike of telegraph operators began in 15 cities of the south and west. 11. William H. Edwards, one of the old time prize fighters, died in New York city; aged 63. 12. Telegraph operators in New York city Robert A. Pinkerton, head of the noted detective bureau, died at sea. 4,000 Moors attacked Casablanca and were repaired by French machine guns. 16. The Commercial Telegraphers' union ordered out on a general strike. 17. Mine. Lake, a pioneer slack rope walker and circus rider, died in Jersey City. 18. A section of the great cantalever bridge under construction on St. Lawrence at Quebec collapsed, killing 50 workmen. 8. "General" Pleasant Porter, chief of the Creek Indian Nation, died at Vinita, I. T.; aged 67. 9. Anti-Jewish outbreak at Kishinev. 10. Camarader Lusitania cut the ocean record by bringing New York in 5 days 64 minutes from Quebec town. 11. French peace terms accepted by the Moors at Casablanca. 12. Monument to the late President William McKinley dedicated at Canton, O. OCTOBER. 13. Cassius Chadwick died in the Ohio penitentiary. 14. The armored cruisers Tennessee and Washington sailed from Hampton Beards for the Pacific around the coast of South America. 15. Marconi's wireless telegraph service inaugurated between stations in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. 16. The international beaches conquered. closed at The Marconi. Mague. McCoy and Chandler in the United States signal corps balloon No. 19 won the Lahn cup for ballooning by a right of 50 miles from St. Louis to West Virginia. 2. The Illinois and Mississippi canal, con- necting the waterway of the Mississippi with that of the Illinois river, formally opened. 3. Edward Payson Weston, long distance pedestrian, started from Fortland, Ma., to walk to Chicago. NOVEMBER. 4. Gen. T. R. Ross, U. S. A., retired, who led the famous tunnel escape of Fed- Mareconi. eral prisoners from Libby prison, Richmond, in 1864, died in Washington; aged 77. Isaac Dexter Marshall, well known newspaper man, died in New York city; aged 83. Pedra Payson Weston arrived at Chicago, having walked from Portland, Me, a distance of 1,290 miles, or less than 25 days. The Jamestown exposition officially closed. DECEMBER. 1. Flotilla of torpedo boat destroyers sailed from Norfolk for the Pacific. 2. United States troops arrived at Coldfield, Nev., to protect the mines. Several tobacco establishments in Hopkinsville, Ky., fired by raiders. 3. Boris Sarafoff, Macedonian revolutionist, believed to have instigated the "abduction of Helen M. Stone in 1861" assassinated at Sofia, Bulgaria. 4. The Sicilian fleet sailed from Hampton Roads. 5. Centennial exercises in honor of John Greenleaf Whittier, gifted American poet, who was born Dec. 17, 1807. FIRES JANUARY. 11. Moss & Co.'s tobacco warehouse burned in Lancaster, Pa.; loss $1,000,000. 20. Loss of $1,000,000 by fire at Youngstown, O. JANUARY. 20. 4 deaths and a loss of $500,000 in a factory fire at Dover, N. H. 21. Plant of the Phelps Publishing Co. at Springfield, Mass., destroyed by fire loss $1,000,000. 22. Fire in the plant of the Baldwin Locomotive works at Philadelphia caused loss of $1,000,000. FEBRUARY. 1. Fire destroyed 8 business buildings in Harrisburg, Pa.; loss $1,000,000. 15. Loss of the $300,000 by the burning of the Acker C.o. plant at Niagara Falls. MARCH. 16. Hellon Hall, home of the Upton Sinclair co-operative colony, at Englewood, N. J., burned to the ground. 17. The Morton salt block in Hutchinson, Kan., destroyed by fire; loss nearly $500,000. 18. Loss of $1,000,000 by fire in the tobacco district of South Boston, Va. APRIL. 1. Fire destroyed the lighting plant of San Francisco, leaving the city in damage of $300,000. 2. Plant of the Columbus Dispatch and other business properties burned at Columbus, O.; loss over $300,000. 3. Loss of $1,000,000 by the burning of the Amsterdam Broom Co.'s plant at Amsterdam, N. Y. 2. The Indianapolis Frog and Switch Co. owned by the President Fairbanks burned at Springfield, O.; loss $500,000. 3. Loss of $300,000 by the burning of a chair factory at Union City, Pa. 19. 19 deaths in a tenement house fire in New York city. Long Beach hotel, a resort on the Long Island coast, accommodating 80 guests, burned to the ground. AUGUST. 15. Flames swept the hotel section at Old Orchard, Me.; loss $300,000. 16. Loss of $1,000,000 by flames in Pittsburgh's fashionable shopping district. Fire in the business section of Cincinnati caused a loss of $1,500,000. SEPTEMBER. 7. The famous Cliff House on the beach at San Francisco totally destroyed by fire. OCTOBER. 17. Loss of $300,000 by fire at Nome, Wash. NOVEMBER. 1. Loss of $250,000 by the burning of Ryckman's wine cellars at Broton, N.T. N.T. 2. Loss of $2,500,000 by the burning of Elevator A and other properties at Superior, Wis. DECEMBER. 2. Loss of $400,000 by the burning of the Pullman Car Co.'s paint works at Buffalo. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL JANUARY. 9. All Mirza recognized as shah of Persia, to succeed his father, who died on the 8th. 10. Coronation of Mohammed All Mirza as shah of Persia. FEBRUARY. 12. King Edward opened the British parliament. 11. King Hon. James Bryce, British ambassador to the United States, arrived in New York city. 12. The United States senate ratified the treaty with Santo Domingo. 21. Right Hon. James Bryce, British ambassador to the United States, arrived in New York city. 28. The United States senate raided the treaty with Santo Domingo. 4. End of the 80th James Bryce. congress. 5. Opening of the 2d douma at St. Petersburg; serious riots in the Russian capital. APRIL. 8. The United States supreme court decided that the Isle of Pines, is Cuban territory. 11. Lord Cromer, British agent and commander in Egypt, resigned his post. 12. Political revolt in Montenegro. MAY. 13. A male heir born to the throne of Spain, taking the title of prince of Asturias. 15. Russian douma dissolved by edict of the crown; 700 political arrests in St. Petersburg. JULY. 16. The emperor of Korea abdicated in favor of the crown prince. 17. By a convention Japan and Korea Japan assumed entire control of the internal administration of Korea. SEPTEMBER. 18. Charles G. Burton of Missouri elected commander in chief of the G. A. R. 19. OCTOBER. 19. The first national Philippine assembly opened by Secretary Taft at Manila. NOVEMBER. 9. Crown Princess Cecilia of Germany gave birth to a son at Berlin. 10. Empress William of Germany arrived in London on a friendly visit to King Edward VII. 11. Queen Helena of Italy gave birth to a daughter. 12. The third Russian deuma opened in at Bremen. 13. President Roosevelt signed the proclamation admitting the territories of “. Oklshoma en@ Indian 1 Jointly as one of tf ean states, Prince Charles of “Bgurbon wedded to Speeeg ies tn toe sa. Political, o = — & oe at ponvencd. 5 Baron Takai as Japanese American "to succeed Aoki. 1. President ‘reiterated his an- nouncement of 19% that he will not ac- cept ancther nomination. NATURE'S FORCES sancanr. 11. Tiel wave devastated the Dutch East Indies, engulfing the island of €imaiu. 44 Earthquake disaster at Kingston, Je. meee; Semaee pert of the city Gestroyed; | incom: plete records show nearly~ 2000 dead: yal yeasela, ge val Ktmirat oi be ‘vis, carried first re- Let to the stricken tty; over Bao. 100 deaths in s typhoon which swept the islands of Leyte and Se- mar, in the Philtp- pines. ‘Hurricane caused & loss of $1,000,000 ‘ts Buffalo. Admiral cH Davis, ——_ 1, Flooded rivers at Pittsburg reached a wauge of B66 fect, the highest in a century; loss by flood estimated at ‘$85,000,000; 34 deaths. aren & Tornado swept over Loutsiana, Missis- sippl and Alabama, destroying proper- ty valued at $2,000,000; %5 persons killed ‘and 100 injured. 14 Chilpancingo and Chflaps and con- tiguous towns in Mexico rased by an earthquake shock; 599 Geaths reported. 1, Barthquake shocks in Spain and at Constantinople. wear. %. Many lives lost in a tornado which swept over Texas. som, & 38 Hives lost and i persons injured from storms which swept over south- era Dlinols, Indians and Kentucky. 2 An earthquake shook felt at Kings ton, Samaice st 202 m. and one on the coast of Chile, 600 miles south of ‘Valparaiso, at 4:35 a m. suxx. 4 28 Genths in © tornado which swopt ‘the central counties of Wisconsin. ocros=m. 1. Barthquake shocks im the United States and Canada. % Town of Karatagh, Russian Turkes- tan, destroyed by an earthquake: Geaing reported, 2.000 tm aretagh and 2 jake shocks in the ot Saisbela, Haly. Sercoyed O& Wyens vi lages destroyed by shocks in 188 again staken. Eruption of Vesuvius. ‘NOVEMBER %& Mount Vesuvius in fresh eruption. DECEEEE. % A worldwide wind, snow and rain storm culminated with severity on the ‘Atlantic coast. ‘FESRUART. 44 20th annual convention of the Nation- 1 Suffrage association opened in Chi- ago. — 4% 10th annual congress Daughters of the American Revolution met in Washing- ‘ton. mar. 2 National convention of the General Bo- ‘ciety of the Daughters of the Revola- tion opened at Wheeling, W. Va. % The Lith general assembly of the Presbyterian ehureh opened at Cotem- 2B. Sth international Sunday school con- Yention opened in Rome, Italy. % National Association of Manufacturers met in New York city. % The United Confederate Veterans met to reunion at Richmond, Va. uur. & th annust convention of the National ‘Education esscciation opened in Los Angeles, avover. 32 The 584 annua! session of the Typo- ‘raphical union opened at Hot Springs 1% The international Socialist congress ‘opened at Stuttgart. SErTEMBER. 4 The wth internationa! peace congress ‘opened at Munich, Bavaria. Gst annual national encampment of the Ga B at Beratoge. ocrommn. Gth triennial general convention of the Erotestant Episcopal cbureh opened at Richmond, Va. % Biennial session of the Universalist eneral convention opened in Philadal- NOVEMBER. 3 The American Federation of Labor opened its 2th annual session at the Jamestown exposition. 4M “Annual meeting of the tranemiestestyp! Sa ene ED atone! Munictpal langue convened ‘et Providence. ‘The American Civic amsociation met tn Providence. © tech international convention of the X. MC A of North Ameria st ‘Washington. ‘acme 4 Metional rivers and harbors congress ‘convened at Washington 2, Meeting of the Rational Civic feders- tion in New York. } DISASTERS AT SEA i samvanr. * Skiers Gomanyy Sew stm ‘Brit- a FEBRUARY. “sees ‘MARCH & & persons drowned by the iS a. - “Feira ase ee ‘suay, 30 itves were lost. a * Rls eae, Sees ‘© on board were lost. uur. % Spameen of the steamer Cote scar fhe andi toast = 3 vee toot by too stata tthe oan uring a gale @ a ee Growned. ‘DECEMEER wipe of Poitsoos, Rogan i ca@owese. { FINANCIAL , $ roe 1% Miiiken Bros, stecl manufacturers an¢ constructors at Mariner's Harbor, i. ., tailed, with Uabiities of $500,000. ou. 4H. Thedand Bros, one of New York's Oldest shipping concerns, failed for ‘early $1,000,000. avausr. ™ Siting several pleats tivocehout th country, failed for $2,500,000. 1%. Curtiss, Leggett & Co., manufacturers of ahiris, ete, failed in ‘Troy, N. ¥. %. The Oregon Trust and Savings dank of Portland. Ore., placed in the hand: of & recelver. ° .errmenen. & Watson & Co., stock exchange brokers in New York and Chicago, failed fo ‘Romne. octosen. 4, Collapse of United Copper stock ts ‘Wall ‘street. 4 As a result of the collapse of copper Stock in Wall strest the New. York clearing house compelied the Mercan- tile National bank of New York to Te oreanise. % The Knickerbocker Trust Co. of New York suspended payment; abilities ¥70,00,00. Meyer & Co., stock exchange brokers failed tn New York owing $00,000. 3% The secretary of treasury deposited $85,000,000 in New York city to relleve the money stress, 3 Westinghouse companies put tn = re catver's hands in Pittsburg; Usbilities $47,000,000. % 3 small banks in New York city sus pended. ‘The government Geposited « second $8, ‘co0000 in New York banks to restore eonsidence in the money market (0. Keesler <& Co. Wall strest bankers failed owing $000,000. ecmwama, & Chelece Savings bank of Chelses, Mich. closed its doors by order of th state treasurer. & The National Bank of Commeres, Kansas City, Mo., closed tts doors. © Tae Whitney - Geepbenson Co.” an ge firma, failed tm. Pittsburg. with Babiiities estimated at $10,000,000 i SPORTING RECORDS g mance. 3. Montgomery won the Crescent Derby in'new Orleans x handicap Giortter won the Carter a ‘the Aqueduct track, New York. mar, & Giorifer won the Metropolitan handi- Sep at Beltnont parks New York, ‘™ Superman won the Brooklyn handicap ‘&t Gravesend, New York. rom & Richard Croker’s Orby won the Eng- iin Dersy. & Pink Star won the Kentucky Derby. af Gens Gouct I won the Grand Prix &e Part. ‘ML Nealon won the Suburban handicap ‘at Sheepshead Bay, New Tork: %% Michael J. Sheri- Gan established a Siscan tn New York city; distance 136 fort w inches. ‘®& Cornell won the Sour mile race for varsity eights at ‘Poughkeepsie; time ® minutes 235 peoonte. ‘Richard Croker’s Or- = b | 2. an) Snare Cromer. _ Derby at Dublin. : ‘2, Harvard won in the annus) four cared " qontast at New London. your. | & Nazzaro, an Italian, won the automo |" Bile Grand Prix at Dieppe, France, ‘breaking the world’s record by an ae se FSS, Shee sean ee tae ‘May Sutton, the California wonder, re- eaptered the All England tennis cham- plonahip at Newport, Wales. ‘ivover. ‘& W. A. Learned won the national tennis epoenetss to singin ot Newport. ‘L Colin won the Futurity at Sheepshead 4 ‘SEPTEMBER : ‘% The United States rife team won the Palma trophy at Ottaws over Canada. ‘Australia and Great Britain; record ‘Breaking score 1.713 out of @ possible 1. ocronma. 12 Mise Margaret Curtis won the national golf championship, with the score of T'up and 6 to play, at Chicago. ‘The Chicago National league baseball teams won the world's championship, Gefeating the Detroit American league champions by the score of 2 to @, ai Detroit. . ‘Ma Sweet Marie made new world's record for half mile track, trotting « mile in 2:28, at Allentown. Pa. %. The German balloon Pommern won the second international balloon, race akigayees ‘* = i,m @ hours. =i B Martin 3. teen mele 6 wn Eee “uation Wauare Garden, %. The Carlisle indians defeated Penn- gyivanis at football, 2 to ¢, in Phile- se ovmesER. : * eres ert at te 2 Se" Gerte Intense “Gatented “a yard at football, 23 to 1, st Boston. a. Yale defeated Princeton at football, 12 to th, at New Haven. Dartmouth 4e- fented Harvard, 22 to 0, at seored 13 to in ae ‘in Philadelphia, = Se egies Goes ek tee ‘& Tommy Burns of Americn detested im the See ‘ot the world im 4 att and Stel, the ea race to ‘scare Harvest of the Grim Reaper In 1907. ALL SOCIAL RANKS INVADED. Authors of Note, Famous Artists, Distinguished Statesmen and Scl- entists, Celebrated Actors and Gal- lant Soldiers Called From Earth. ‘Long Array of Shining Marks. ‘Se & The shah of Persin at Teheran; aged ‘1. Josiah Flynt Willard, sociologist, who eS in Washington; ged 7. B. Isabella Beecher ‘Hooker, last of the children of the Rev. Lyman Beecher, at General Alger. Regge ag ge to get LEY Evangelist. at Stockiridgn, ‘Mass; aged . FEBRUARY. ‘Hugh O. Pentecost, preacher, lawyer, Jeoturer and all round freethinker, ix New York city; aged 6. & Rear Admiral Albert Kautz, U. 8. Fetied. veteran of the cv War, al ,, Florence, Healy: aged Isabelle” Urquhart, actress, at Rochester, N. ¥. Prot. “Mendeleef,” celebrated Russian ghemist of worldwide fame, in St Petersburg; aged 73. ® Sir William Howard (“Bull Run”) ‘Russell, famous Engtish war corre- spondent, in London; aged 8. % Ex-Gov. Frank W. Higgins of New York at Olean; aged 51. & Princess Clementine of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha, daughter of Louis Philippe of ,, Francs, in Vienna; aed so. Gunter, novelist and playwright, in New York city; aged 5. L ‘Wendell Phillips Garrison, son of ‘William Lioyd Garrison, the abolition leader and one of the editors of the ‘Nation, in New York city; aged 6. & John Alexander Dowie, founder of the ‘world famous Zion community, in Chi- Me ‘connate Perter, president of x France, in Paris; aged 0. 4 Maurice Grau, the widely known grand opera impresario, in Paris; aged & & John O'Leary, Fenian leader and well Se ee ee, = & Mra. Featherstone Osler, mother of the noted age limit theorist, Dr. WI Mam Osler, in Toronto; aged 100. & Thomas Bafley Aldrich, post, author and playwright, in Boston; aged @. B Gen. Theodore J. Wint, U. 8 A, vet- eran of the civil war and commander ‘Of the department of Missouri, in Phil- adelphia; aged & &. Prof. Ernst von Bergmann, noted Ger- ‘man army surgeon, in Wiesbaden; ‘aged 7. i. Galusha A. Grow, noted speaker of congress in the sixties ands. striking ‘figure in the political history of the ‘e@ountry, at Glenwood, Pa.; aged &. aPRr. & Dr. William Henry Drummond. Ca- nadian poet, at Cobalt, Ont; aged 52 2. Rev. Dr. John Johnson, rector smeri- tus of 8t. Philip's church, Charleston, survivor and principal historian of the Confederate defense of Fort Sumter, im Charleston; aged 78. & Daniel H. Chamberlain, reconstruction Bovernor of South Carolina, at Char- lottesville, Va.; aged 72. & Prof. Thomas 8. Noble, noted painter end art teacher, in New York city; aged 7. mar. &. Gen. John Watts de Peyster, noted New York soldier and author, in New ‘ork city: aged 9. & Gen. Henry Ronald Dougias Mclver, veteran of the Confederate army, who had fought under many flags, in New ‘York city. Dr. John Watson (lan Maclaren), the Soot anther, at Mount Plessact, Ie &. Edmund G. Ross, former United States senator from Kansas, at Albuquerque, HM; aged & Gen. Oriando B. Willcox, U. & A., re- ‘tired, veteran of the Mexican and civil ‘wars, at Coburg, Ont; aged S. &. Gen. Matthew M. Blunt, U. 6. A, re- tired, veteran of the Federal army in ‘the civil war, in Brooklyn; aged Ti. % Edwin H. Conger, who was United States minister to Peking during the ‘Boxer war, at Passdens, Cal; aged 4 & Theodore ‘Tilton, editor and author, formerly associated with Henry Ward Bocther-Titoe euft: tm Parte: aged 7 suit, in Paris; aged 72 &. Mrs. William McKinley, widow of the late president, at Canton, O.; aged 7xE & Gen. Thomas Ruger, U. S. A.. retired. a ee ee L ‘States Senator John Tyler Mor- res ee 4. Gen. Bartcleme Maso, one of the “Old Guara” of Cuben revolutionists, for- mer official of the provisional govern- i tH Becta strona, tn Eondon: aoed ‘Eitsabeth Cary Agassiz, widow of the ts eat aclentiat and one of the found- qze of Radcliffe college, st Boston: yp Hlencle aturphy, noted temperance lecturer, at Los Angeles, Cal; aged TL sour. ‘Francis B. Thurber, merchant, lawyer © Zi "econcmist, in’ New Tork ety; « : gp Sire Sr. 0. Jones, an actress of the i school, in New Tork eity: aged 72. g. Prof Angelo Haliprin, noted geologist ‘whe made the ascent of Mont Poise Eering te eruption tn ih im Sow scnaw efvil war veteran who became at Dd years of age, 2 York ETAT ES St Foeneh sor eg ow. Pettus of Alabems st Het Springs Cane & Francis Miles Finch, lawyer ee ist, author of the war elegy Sees End: Go Gray,” ot Beaks aged vous. L David Christie Murray, British play- Eves Sek seve, Se Zameen sane & Augustus Saint Gaudens, the sculptor, tn Cornish, N. E.; aged 3. <n ioe eedl popes ote ia ent Christian Sct- entist in England, rbaheerbary tens © ‘London, Conn.; aged 50. curreasEn. 4 Dr. Edvard Grieg, famous Norwegian usical composer, at Bergen, Norway; 4 WH Merril welt known journalist, at Hingham, Mass; aged 67. ts Hear Admiral John Crimes Walker U. & N,, retired, at High Pasture, N. HL; aged 7 2 Samuel Sloan, financier and railroad Dullder, at Garrison, N. ¥.; aged #9. %. Gen. Charies E. Furlong, well known Yeteran of the ctvil war, at Portland, Me; aged octosEs. & Mary J. Holmes, well known American novelist of the old school, in Brock- port, N. ¥.: aged 7% 1. Professor David Masson, noted Scotch scholar and historien, at Batnbureh; aged s Loewy, director of the Paris ny mers, in Paris; aged 4 ‘NOVEMBER. € Don Diego Barros Arana, eminent Chilean historian and educator, known ‘as South America’s “grand old man,” at Santiago; aged 77. 1% Bir Lewis Morris, English poet, tm London; aged 14 16. Rev. Dr. Moncure D. Conway, noted American author, in Paris; aged 7. H. Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClin- tock, discoverer of the fate of Sir John Franklin and himself a noted arctic ‘explorer, tn London; aged $8. %. Professor Asaph Hall, well known American astronomer, formerly in the an = : %. Richard Castro, Mexico's foremost musical composer, in the City of Mex- $00; aged 29. %. Dr. George F. Shrady, noted surgeon and medical writer who attended Gen. Grant in his last ness, in New York city; aged 70. DECEMBER. © J, HL Stoddart, noted American actor, Tetired, in Sewaren, N. J.; aged & Oscar IL, king of' Sweden, in Stock- holm; aged 7% Mrs. Loutsa N. Taft, mother of William H. Taft, secretary _. of war, at Milbury, Mass. W. Gen. Alexander Hamilton, grandson of Alexander Hamilton, who was killed in a duel by Aaron Burr, and « civil war veteran, at Tarrytown, N. ¥.; aged a ACCIDENTS = JANUARY. Geaths in a wreck (Chicago, Rock aa, miso and Pacis at Volland Ran. at Power, te ee Powe ‘& Gead and 27 injured in @ wreck caused ‘by powder explosion on the Big Four ayeiem at Sandford, Ind. %% ® miners killed by explosion in @ coal mine near Primero, Colo. % Fire Gamp explosion in coal mine at a ‘12 deaths in a mine explosion at Lo- irents, W. Ven 3. 1a miners killed by fire damp explosion at Jobann-on-Sear, Prosela, ® Explosion in the Stewart mine, Fa- Vette county, W. Va, killed % miners, 4 2 miners “Ty » killed tn tn the Promes mine at Eikina Var & 9 killed by explosion on the French torpedo boat Spod at L’Orient, France. 1% % Killed and over 100 injured in an electric express train wreck on the Kew York Central at New York city. m1. ® coal miners Killed nan explosion at Coahuila, Mexico. aancH. 1% 108 French seamen killed by explosion on the battleship Lena at Toulon. MB A cage cable accident at the Baarlouis mines, Rhenish Prussia, killed 2 min- ore. Fire damp Killed % miners in the coal mines near Forbach,. Germany. 2% % Killed and 100 injured in a wreck on the Southern PaciSo near Colton, Cal. arm. 1%. 7 firemen, including « captain, killed im « fire which destroyed the Metro- polltan Btrest railway power house End car barns in New York city. 6. 8 Killed and 18 hurt by the collapse of 2 B. and O. pier at Baltimore. mar. ‘L 44 killed by gas explosion tn the ship- ple mine at Searboro, W. Va. IL & dead in a wreck on the Southern ‘Pacific at Honda, Cal JUxe. 1 1 men belonging to the battleship ‘Minnesota lost from a launch off Nor- ‘tolk, Va sour. %. 1 Killed and 11 injured by « mysteri- ous explosion in the turret of the bat- ‘tleship Georgia Guring target practice it 3 persons Killed and many injured by ‘the collapse of « building im London, Diet oh eee Set So ee on the Pere Marquetio Toad near Jem, Mich ® %. 8 lives lost by the burning of the steamer Frontenac on Cayuga lake s ‘explosion ‘9 Killed and 90 injured i Be ar Sng te many. aa killed and © in ‘persons 24 2 tates @lectric Iine at Charleston, Ti sxrrexazn. & 6 kited and 20 injured tm wreck on the Canadian Pacific near Caledon, 1) Kites and many injered in 2 col- lston on the Rock Island and Pacifie 5 kiisd end as many ms Season’ coliaios. on the, Bontoa and » eer ts oe SSjured im & collision om the MexicaD mS clled ‘soa m0 injured tm a. wreck on ‘tho Baltimore and Onio at Bellaire, 0. lied and 9 infured by the 19 persons ot ‘train on the $Szioe and sorthwestern ak Bheewe- res mms, tiled snd ovor 6 tered ‘mflls at Fontanet, Da (DECEMBER 35 me ‘tre ore M. 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First-Class — our I will Freeze to Please Ice Cream, Sherbets or Frappes, $1.00 per gallon and up. Special prices to churches, SODA FOUNTAIN PUT IN FREE OF CHARGE. The only Ice Cream Factory owned and opetated by Colored People im Chicago E. P. MARSHALL 2922 STATE STREE Phone Douglas 2190 So Ry ae > 1S je Sa [erage ce ay paber ombe of ponange, Tam | caper Ake =, pine ree = ag A yan © Pee a an ree be PATRICK H. O'DONNELL ‘WILLIAM DILLON CLARENCE A. TOOLEN Tel. Central 4680 , : O'Donnell, Dillon & Toolen ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1218-1219 Ashiand Block RANDOLPH & CLARK STREETS CHICAGO GRAY ¢ MORAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and Randolph Sts. Tel. Central 56% CHICAGO. Residence OT Macallister Fiess ‘Telephone Ashland 263 central 1288 enact OMe MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW ‘Suite 318-230 Reaper Block @LARK AND WASHINGTON ST& CHICAGO. A. D. GASH a ee renee oe Teepe Ms 207. JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR) wat Law a9 ASHLAND IBLOCK ‘Mausrwone mms oon cwcage J. GARNER: Tel. Douglas 325 FINE WINES, LIGYORS AND CIGARS 2030 State Street CHICAaL Phone Oakland 1838 F. A. Rawlins ‘The Modern Embalmer UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR | When hie work te fintahed you have no displeasure. 4834 State St., CHICAGO | vhens Bougias S553 Ge faigislee, 5 q ed! by LNs $ Waiters and Cooks Prefer Our Make JACKETS AND LINEN because they have found them ‘satisfactory. Wain for compres Coma reser Marcus Ruben (Inc.) "po State St, CHICAGO. DANGEROUS FREIGHT. Cargoes That Are a Source of Danger to Vessels. Exhaustive experiments by the New South Wales government have now proved—what has all along been suspected—that wool will under certain conditions ignite spontaneously and that consequently it is a dangerous cargo to carry. cargo to carry. Probably, therefore, it will be added to the list of commodities which the board of trade decrees must be stowed with extra care, commodities which include such diverse articles as matches, acids, gunpowder, coal, wheat and timber. This, however, will be but poor consolation to the harassed sea captain, since all these things have to be carried anyhow, somehow. Besides, the danger frequently lies not so much in cargoes known to be dangerous as in those supposed to be safe. Thus a cargo of glass bottles came within an ace of wrecking the sailing ship Camel off the Isle of Wight a short time ago, and a patent paint drying preparation sufficed to send to the bottom of the strait of Magellan the Dotelel and the 143 souls aboard her. Potatoes that decayed into a putrid pulp engendered a pestilence that a couple of years ago killed eleven out of twenty-seven of the crew of one of the finest vessels in the American mercantile marine and nearly caused her total loss off Tenerife. This year in one of the Liverpool docks the emanations from a cargo of soap blew a ship well nigh to bits and killed a number of men who were working in her hold. The other day a bark put out from Cadiz with a huge block of granite poised near her after hatch. This through some mismanagement fell into the hold, broke through her bottom and sank her there and then. Three huge vans filled with furniture caused the Marie Roze to capsize and founder in Marseille harbor. Finally there is the extraordinary ease of the Southern Belle, lost last spring between Tahiti and the New Hebrides, the cause of the wreck being officially described as due to "monkeys gnawing cordage." — Bermuda Royal Gazette. Excitement on the Sun. There is now visible upon the sun's disk a remarkable array of spots in which rapid changes are taking place. The activity to which they are due is no doubt connected with the great sun flame, shooting up to an elevation of 325,000 miles, which was recently observed at the Radcliffe observatory, Oxford. The entire length of the disturbed area, which lies practically parallel with the sun's equator, is not less than 350,000 miles. Recent spectroscopic studies of great sun spots have stimulated interest in these wonderful phenomena by showing that in the nature of the light given forth from them they bear a resemblance to certain red stars which appear to be in a more or less advanced stage of decadence. Thus they serve as indications of the existence of a tendency in our sun toward a change of state which will probably end in its ultimate extinction. -Garrett P. Serviss in New York American Pacific Coast Halibut That a large part of the eastern fresh hallibut comes from the Pacific coast will probably surprise many of the lovers of that huge fish. The business of western hallibut is growing constantly, and the supply going to Boston comprises about all of the 25,000,000 pounds a year taken by the fishermen in Seattle and Alaska. The fish is carefully boxed and iceed down and then rushed to Boston by express freight and sold back again to New York, Chicago and other large centers for distribution. Comparatively little hallibut is taken to Boston in vessels. ~San Francisco Argonaut. New Drowning Theory An Illinois physician has revived the idea of resuscitating drowned people by first immersing them in a hot bath for twenty minutes or longer and then resorting to the old and ordinary methods of restoration. He says the lungs of a drowned person do not contain water, a spasm of the larynx occurring which prevents the entrance of water for a period of nine days. Drowning, so called, is merely suspend ed animation and not death. By this process life may be saved if the body has not been submerged more than six hours. A Year's Crops. According to the eleventh annual report of the secretary of agriculture made public recently, the main crops of the country are valued as follows Corn, $860,000,000; hay, $675,000,000; cotton, $675,000,000; wheat, $500,000, 000; oats, $300,000,000; potatoes, $190, 000,000; barley, $115,000,000; tobacco $67,000,000; rice, $19,500,000; poultry and eggs, $000,000,000; dairy products $800,000,000. The Blue and the Gray Missouri boasts a new society, the United Veterans of the Civil War, made up of Union and Confederate soldiers. Missouri was on the borderland between north and south, and "brother against brother" was more than a figure of speech. The Missouri society may lead to a united grand army of blue and gray—Youth's Companion. English Not Wanted It is an exceedingly significant and a by no means infrequent experience to read advertisements in Canadian papers that end up, "No English need apply" - Sidney Brooks in Harper's Dr.J. William McDowell Physician & Surgeon OFFICE: 3102 STATE STREET. Hours, 8-10 a. m., 2-4 & 6-8.30 p. m. Sundays by appointment. Phones Residence, 4792 Douglas. " Office, 4796 Douglas. Dr. W. E. MACKEY 3111 STATE STREET Phone Doug. 4161 HOURS: 9 to 11 A. M. 2 to 4 and 7 to P. M. RESIDENCE: 4842 ARMOUR AVENUE Phone Blue 6571 HOURS: 7 to 9 A. M. and Nights CHICAGO. City Office, 500 Burton Bidg. 39 State Street Hours 4-7 P. M. Phone Central 3207 W.D. Langford, M.D. HOURS—9:12 m. 1:30 p. m. After 7:30 p. m. Phone Calumet 264 Phone Douglas 2888 T. A. CLARK & CO. Real Estate & Renting Loans & Insurance 3345 STATE STREET CHICAGO,ILL. Telephone Calumet 185 E. A. STACK DRUGGIST AND CHEMIST 2842 South State Street Cor. Twenty-Ninth CHICAGO GRAND ROLLER SKATING EVERY AFTERNOON and EVENING At— CHATEAU de la PLAISANCE 5324—26 State Street BEST RESTAURANT IN THE CITY IN CONNECTION MUSIC BY ARMANT ADMISSION 15 CENTS Leland Giants B. B. & A. Assn. 6258 Halsted Street THE BROAD AX. !s for sale at the following news stands: A. F. Tervalon, 134 W. 51st street Cigar Store and News Stand. C. H. Green, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2718 St. state. Mrs. Nellie Phelpa, Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 131 W. 51st street. T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. Mrs. Alma A. Simpson, news agent, 1255 State street. W. S. Cole, 354 Thirty-first street, cigars, tobacco and news stand. J. R. Peters Cigars, 'robacco and News Stand, 338 E. 27th street. Mrs. A. E. Baker, Notions and News Stand, 419, 36th street. W. P. Johnson, Notion Store and News Stand 2704 State st. Turner Williams' Shaving Parlor and News Stand, 2903 Armour ave. R. Davin, cigars, tobacco, and confectionery, 2883 State st. C. C. McLain, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2906 State street. Mrs. J. W. Hailey 116 W. 51st st. cigars, tobacco and news stand. Mrs. Katherine R. Hamlet, Cigars, tobacco, and fancy groceries and news stand 5028 Armour ave. M. A. Johnson, news stand, cigars and tobacco, 3812 State Street. The Informer News Co., 188 Randolph St., Detroit, Mick. The Standard News Co 131 W. 53rd st., New York, City, N. Y. Standard News Company, 49 W. 138th street, New York City, N. Y. --- $9,000—3444-3446 Wabash Ave., 2-9 room stone front residences; will sell separate. Make terms. $5,000—4033 Dearborn St., 2-flat brick building, stone foundations, 6-6 rooms $2,150—3718 La Salle St., 6 rooms, frame, brick foundation. $2,250—3720 La Salle St. 2-flat frame and brick, 5-5 rooms. $2,250—3722 La Salle St., frame building, 6 rooms, modern improvements. $4,000—Forest Ave., near 32nd, 10 room residence, $500 cash. Terms to suit. The Central Bureau Imported and Domestic Wines LIQUORS & CIGARS Cafe in Connection N. E. Corner Fifty-first and Armour Avenue, Chicago, Ill. The Stock-Holders of the Leland Giants Base-Ball Association, has concluded to dissolve that Association in order to give room for the former, with it's increased Capital for the purpose of buying a Permanent Home For The Leland Giants Base-Ball Club and Establishing For All The People, The Only First Class, Up-To-Date Amusement Park, With Its Theater (Light Opera), Figure Eight, Shoot The Chutes, Minature Ry, Electric Theater, Dance Pavilion, Roller, Skating, Hurley Burley, Double Swing, Boating, Auto Riding, and all the latest fun making devices and laugh producing concessions, together with a First Class Summer Hotel, large enough to accommodate 1000 guests, at it's present location, 79th and Wentworth Ave., twenty (20) minutes ride on the Electric Cars to the Loop District in Chicago. The Public is Base-Ball mad, and amusement Crazy. Stocks have doubled in value in a single season. Millions can be made by those Who Take Stock In This New Enterprise. Are You In Favor Of The Race Owning And Operating This Immense And Well Paying Plant, Where More Than 1,000 Persons Will Be Employed, between May and October of each year, where you can come without fear and Enjoy The Life and Freedom of a Citizen unmolested or annoyed? The Answer can only be effectively given by subscribing for Stock in this Corporation. it has been made purposely low so that all Loyal Members of the Race can have a Share and Interest in this Twentieth Century Enterprise. Think of it, Shares Only Ten (10.00) Dollar Each You Squander More than this amount Any Holiday around Amusement Parks and Public Places, where you are not wanted and never welcome. Come! buy and build one of your own by filling out the attached Coupon and mail with Ten Dollars to the Leland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Association. Do it to-day so that we may commence to build. which I am sending as Part (or infull) as subscription fee for shares of the Capital Stock of the Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Association. 14 $9,000—3444-3446 Wabata separate. M $5,000—4033 Dearborn S rooms $2,150—3718 La Salle S $2,250—3720 La Salle S $2,250—3722 La Salle S $4,000—Forest Ave., new suit. JESSE BINGA, 3637 ST. The C Real Estate Suite 26, 81-83 SOUTH Owners and Rent if you want to sell, buy We build, remode Farm Lands a S We make valuation List with us and Call JESSE BINGA, 3637 STATE'ST. Phone Douglas 1565. Frank H. Lewis, Prop. THE Imported Liv N. E. Corner F POOL AND BILLIARDS WITH THE Phone Callnet 2940 Leland Giants Now On The Stock-Holder cluded to dissolve that Au- ncreased Capital for the Telephone DOUGLAB ... 1865 HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. INSURANCE DANS CHICAGO. ENTITY MANAGED. at residences; will sell me foundations, ( foundation. 55 rooms. modern improvements. $500 cash. Terms 5. Bureau Loans Phone Central 5337 Vantage to call on us, most reasonable prices used rooms. 6. Clark St. Central 5887 County Building WHERE EVERY PATRON Saves ON EVERY PURCHASE Jacob Feinberg Wholesale and Retail MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 81st and State Streets J. J. Bradley Telephone Yards 693 J. M. Fields BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE 809 8. Halsted Street CHICAGO We Sell Real Estate And Write Fire Insurance That’s All Neighbors, Merriweather & Co. 5910 State St. Phone 4965 Douglas Lou Seldon, Mgr. INN Cine Wines Chicago, Ill. CIGARS AND TOBACCOS VIS NAC 22ND STREET CHICAGO Why don't you get in the habit of doing your trading in the New Store? Every Tuesday and Friday special sales-day and two of Fish Trading Stamps with each 10c purchase. We carry a swell line of Ladies' Shirtwaists, Underwear and Corsets. A spendiid assortment of Shoes. Hosiery, Gloves, Belts, fine Purses, Laces, Ribbons, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and everything you wear. American Brick Co. President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFATURERS OF Common and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: 45th and Robey Sts. Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. Output of Winter Yards ..... 140,00 per day Output of Summer Yards..... 90,00 per day Telephone Yards 128.